COURSE OBJECTIVE:
Course Objectives This course aims to provide the delegate with the skills and knowledge necessary to design and build good quality GraphQL services.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Who will the Course Benefit? This course will benefit developers who are required to build or maintain GraphQL services and/or clients,and anyone otherwise interested in what a GraphQL service is,how it works,and how to build a good one.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Requirements Delegates attending this course should have some knowledge of,or experience in,software development. Ideally delegates will be comfortable coding in Java,Python,or JavaScript to a fundamental level. This knowledge can be gained by attendance on one of the following courses.
COURSE CONTENT:
GraphQL Training Course Course Contents – DAY 1 Course Introduction • Administration and Course Materials • Course Structure and Agenda • Delegate and Trainer Introductions Session 1: PREREQUISITES • APIs • Web apps • Web services • HTTP • JSON • Serialisation • REST APIs Session 2: GRAPHQL THEORY • The problem with REST APIs • What is GraphQL? • The composition of a GraphQL service • Queries and mutations • Schemas and types Session 3: GRAPHQL SERVICES • Building a GraphQL service with: • Spring Boot (Java) or; • Ariadne (Python) or; • Apollo (JavaScript) Session 4: GRAPHQL CLIENTS • Building a GraphQL client with: • HttpClient (Java) or; • GQL (Python) or; • Apollo (JavaScript) GraphQL Training Course Course Contents – DAY 2 Session 5: QUERIES • Arguments • Aliases • Fragments • Operation names • Variables • Directives Session 6: TYPES • Arguments • Lists • Non-null fields • The query and mutation types • Scalar types • Enum types • Union types • Input types • Interfaces Session 7: MORE GRAPHQL THEORY • Validation • Execution • Introspection • Best practices
FOLLOW ON COURSES:
Further Learning Core Spring Python Programming 2 Developing Node.js Web Applications REST APIs